Tagged: Copyright
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Apple scores a win in German courts: Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 7.7 faces EU ban News
24.07.2012 In the latest from the German court where Apple and Samsung are fighting it out over patents, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1N has survived the fray, but the 7.7 model has been hit...Categories: Software Development, Software, Legal, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, ComputersTags: Galaxy Tab, Patents, Copyright Infringement, Copyright, iPad, Apple, Samsung, Tablet, Tablet Computers -
Uniloc sues Minecraft, EA and others for patent infringement News
23.07.2012 Copy protection software company Uniloc has filed a lawsuit citing 10 companies – including Electronic Arts and Mojang, developer of Minecraft – whom it alleges have infringed... -
Apple ordered to let UK consumers know that Samsung did not copy iPad design News
19.07.2012 A judge in the UK has ordered Apple to post a notice on its website and in newspapers and magazines informing people that Samsung did not in fact copy its design for the iPad.Tags: iPad, Tablet Computers, Tablet, Samsung, Apple, Copyright Infringement, Copyright, Patent, Patents, Legal, -
UK judge rules that Samsung’s Galaxy tablets aren’t cool enough to infringe on Apple’s iPad News
10.07.2012 In a ruling that’s both good news for Samsung and an insult to its products, Judge Colin Birss has decided that consumers wouldn’t confuse Samsung’s Galaxy Tab tablets with the... -
ACTA has been rejected by the European Parliament News
04.07.2012 The notoriously Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which nations including Ireland signed earlier this year in Japan, has been overwhelmingly rejected by the European... -
UK Home Office confirms it has abandoned Richard O’Dwyer to US extradition News
03.07.2012 A 24-year-old British citizen’s extradition to the US to face copyright infringement charges is not to be contested by the UK Home Office, it was confirmed today. The plight of...Categories: Web, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Communications -
European Parliament group delivers deathblow to ACTA News
21.06.2012 The controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) which sparked a wave of protest in Europe after various governments signed it in Japan without consulting their...Categories: Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Government, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Communications -
ACTA rejected by three EU committees News
31.05.2012 All three EU committees advising the International Trade Committee have today rejected the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), the treaty to put a stop to... -
Copyright Review Commission extends deadline News
29.05.2012 The deadline for submissions to the Copyright Review Commission about changes to Ireland’s copyright law in the aftermath of the signing of a notorious statutory instrument to...Categories: R&D, Multimedia, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Government, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Savvy TDs crowdsource their response to Copyright Review News
28.05.2012 A pair of independent TDs are enlisting the public as part of a crowdsourcing exercise to get feedback on their submission to the Copyright Review Commission in the aftermath of...Categories: Multimedia, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Government, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Oracle vs Google – patent trial likely to begin in earnest today News
02.05.2012 After two days of deliberations by the jury in the Oracle vs Google copyright infringement lawsuit, a decision looms and it appears the case will now go into the patent phase.Categories: Software, Phones, Open Source, Mobility, Mobile, Intellectual Property, Digital Media, Software & Web Development -
UK High Court orders ISPs to ban The Pirate Bay News
30.04.2012 The UK High Court has ruled that internet service providers (ISPs) must block file-sharing site The Pirate Bay. -
Tim Berners-Lee: people would go to prison rather than lose internet News
24.04.2012 The inventor of the world wide web Tim Berners-Lee said people were absolutely right to take to the streets to protest SOPA, PIPA and ACTA and said disconnecting a family’s...Categories: Telecommunications, Social Media, Servers, Security, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media -
Oracle and Google CEOs in court over Android News
18.04.2012 Oracle’s Java lawsuit against Google’s Android OS has reached the courtroom with both Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Google CEO Larry Page giving testimony.Tags: Larry Ellison, Lawsuit, API, Copyright, Legal, US, Larry Page, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, Google, Android, Java -
The legalities of cloud (infographic) News
17.04.2012 While cloud computing, which enables the use of files and applications over the internet, offers many benefits to companies, one of the biggest concerns surrounding the...Categories: Virtualisation, Legal, IT Management, Internet, Intellectual Property, Data Management, CIOTags: Security, global , Law, Business , Infographic, Cloud Computing, Copyright, Privacy, Data protection -
Sound, vision and fury News
12.04.2012 Ongoing debates about digital media, copyright reform, piracy and internet freedom are just ‘raindrops’ in a much bigger flood that is about to hit the internet.Tags: Copyright, ACTA, SOPA, Innovation, Piracy, Legislation, ISP, Illegal Downloads, Copyright Infringement -
Sound, vision – and some fury – at Digital Rights Forum (videos) News
05.04.2012 In what was a stirring and exhilarating debate on Tuesday about Ireland’s copyright laws in which Innovation Minister Sean Sherlock made himself available to the public, the one...Categories: Research, R&D, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Government, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Communications